Day 5 – Vienna: Rock Me, Amadeus!
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Today we did Falco proud: we went a symphony in Austria. Kinda hard not when you’re in the city of Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart. We got, what we thought were, excellent seats: front row, center. Apparently that’s not the best place to sit at a symphony – it’s too close to the orchestra – but I thought it was great. The picture is from where we sat, watching the Tokyo symphony orchestra warm up. It was an odd combination –- being in Austria, watching a Japanese orchestra, lead by a Russian conductor. Representatives of World War I, II, and III. Playing music for us, two Americans. From antagonism to acoustics. Thank you, Private Ryan. |
